Decades of overfishing have altered the genetic makeup of Baltic cod, shrinking their size and threatening their recovery.

Two new studies add to the evidence that human activity, from fishing to urban development, is driving the evolution of wild ...

When vacationers head into the water, they often take a quick look at the ocean floor—and for good reason. In some European ...

For decades, fishers in the Baltic Sea caught cod relentlessly, using large nets. Smaller fish could escape more easily, presenting an external pressure to remain smaller.

How Humans have altered the Genetic Make-Up of Fish Ilka Thomsen Kommunikation und Medien GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für ...

The researchers demonstrated for the first time that decades of intense fishing, combined with environmental change, have ...

As we near the end of the week, many will be looking forward to 'fish and chip Friday'. But it's bad news for those who've got their heart set on a large portion.

(CN) — Intensive fishing caused the once-mighty cod to shrink by roughly half its size between 1996 and 2019, according to a ...

As oil companies push for drilling on the Amazon coast, an underwater war silences the ocean’s most vocal creatures.

Cod used to be giants. With their impressive size — over a metre in length and weighing up to 40 kilograms — and abundance, they, alongside herring ...

On July 1, 2025, the reassessment of Swedish hydropower plants will resume under the framework of its national plan – a ...

A 2024 study said sea surface and sea floor temperatures have increased by 1.8°C and 1.3°C in the Finnish archipelago in the northern Baltic Sea, in the period from 1927 to 2020.